Record of Assembly vote on off-shore oil drilling expunged

[Auggie]

S.F. Chronicle Editorial, 8-3-09:

Don't bother looking for the California Assembly's roll-call record of one of the most contentious issues of the budget revisions: the plan to open new offshore oil drilling off the Santa Barbara coast for the first time in 40 years. It's not there.

The July 24 vote on AB23 (28 yes, 43 no, 8 not voting) has been officially expunged - erased as if it never happened.

This purge of voting records is unacceptable in a representative democracy. Not a single one of the 80 Assembly members rose to object when the motion to expunge was made by Assembly Majority Leader Alberto Torrico, D-Fremont.

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Republicans suspect the move was made on behalf of Speaker Karen Bass, D-Baldwin Vista, who supposedly did not want a roll call when the defeat of the measure became apparent. Democrats insist the purge was for the benefit of Republican leader Sam Blakeslee of San Luis Obispo, whose vote for the oil-drilling plan as part of the budget deal was not likely to play well in his coastal district.

Read more: http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2009/08/03/ED7E192A9L.DTL#ixzz0N7rq0uAZ

THE ROLL CALL Assembly Bill 23 What they didn't want you to see

The July 24 Assembly vote on opening new oil drilling:

YES (28)

Anthony Adams, R-Hesperia

Joel Anderson, R-Alpine

Juan Arambula, independent-Fresno

Bill Berryhill, R-Modesto

Tom Berryhill, R-Ceres

Sam Blakeslee, R-San Luis Obispo

Charles Calderon, D-Whittier

Connie Conway, R-Tulare

Paul Cook, R-Yucca Valley

Chuck DeVore, R-Irvine

Mike Duvall, R-Yorba Linda

Bill Emmerson, R-Redlands

Jean Fuller, R-Bakersfield

Ted Gaines, R-Roseville

Martin Garrick, R-Carlsbad

Danny Gilmore, R-Hanford

Curt Hagman, R-Chino Hills

Kevin Jeffries, R-Lake Elsinore

Stephen Knight, R-Palmdale

Dan Logue, R-Linda

Jeff Miller, R-Corona

Brian Nestande, R-Palm Desert

Roger Niello, R-Fair Oaks

Jim Nielsen, R-Gerber

Jim Silva, R-Huntington Beach

Cameron Smyth, R-Santa Clarita

Van Tran, R-Costa Mesa

Mike Villines, R-Clovis

NO (43)

Tom Ammiano, D-San Francisco

Jim Beall, D-San Jose

Robert Blumenfield, D-Woodland Hills

Julia Brownley, D-Santa Monica

Joan Buchanan, D-Alamo

Anna Marie Caballero, D-Salinas

Wilmer Amina Carter, D-Rialto

Wesley Chesbro, D-Arcata

Joe Coto, D-San Jose

Hector De La Torre, D-South Gate

Kevin de Leon, D-Los Angeles

Mike Eng, D-Monterey Park

Noreen Evans, D-Santa Rosa

Mike Feuer, D-Los Angeles

Paul Fong, D-Sunnyvale

Felipe Fuentes, D-Sylmar

Warren Furutani, D-Gardena

Cathleen Galgiani, D-Livingston

Mary Hayashi, D-Castro Valley

Jerry Hill, D-San Mateo

Alyson Huber, D-El Dorado Hills

Jared Huffman, D-San Rafael

Dave Jones, D-Sacramento

Paul Krekorian, D-Burbank

Ted Lieu, D-Torrance

Bonnie Lowenthal, D-Long Beach

Fiona Ma, D-San Francisco

Tony Mendoza, D-Artesia

William Monning, D-Santa Cruz

Pedro Nava, D-Santa Barbara

John Perez, D-Los Angeles

Manuel Perez, D-Coachella

Anthony Portantino, D-Pasadena

Ira Ruskin, D-Redwood City

Mary Salas, D-Chula Vista

Lori Saldana, D-San Diego

Nancy Skinner, D-Berkeley

Audra Strickland, R-Thousand Oaks

Sandré Swanson, D-Alameda

Tom Torlakson, D-Antioch

Norma Torres, D-Pomona

Alberto Torrico, D-Fremont

Mariko Yamana, D-Davis

NOT VOTING (8)

Karen Bass, D-Baldwin Vista

Marty Block, D-San Diego

Mike Davis, D-Los Angeles

Nathan Fletcher, R-San Diego

Isadore Hall, D-Compton

Diane Harkey, R-Dana Point

Ed Hernandez, D-West Covina

Jose Solorio, D-Anaheim